Method of controlling access to a sports facility

Abstract

Controlling access to a sports facility with a user-carried non-transferable data storage medium which stores access privilege data and is read by a reading mechanism upon entry to the sports facility. A data storage medium, located on the user's sports equipment near the ground, stores control data, which is read by an antenna located near the ground at the entrance to the sports facility. The access privilege data, read from the non-transferable data storage medium upon entry, is combined by program logic with the control data read by the near-ground data storage medium on entry and then memorized. Upon each subsequent entry, the access privilege data from the non-transferable data storage medium and the control data from the near-ground data storage medium are re-read by the antenna. If there is a mismatch of the memorized combined data, entrance to the sports facility is prohibited.

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       6 . A method of controlling access to a sports facility comprising a user-carried non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ), with access privilege data being read out from the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ) by reading means ( 2 ) located at an entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility as entry, at least one additional data storage medium ( 6 ) is disposed near the ground on sport equipment of the user which stores control data to be read upon entry by an antenna ( 3 ′,  8 ) mounted in an area of the ground near the entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility, with the access privilege data, read on entry, from the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ) being compared by program logic with the control data, read on entry, from near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ) and then memorized, and with the access privilege data and the control data being read using the antennas ( 3 ′,  8 ) on subsequent entry from non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ) and from near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ), respectively, causing entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility to be blocked in case of mismatch with the memorized combined data. 
   
   
       7 . The method as in  claim 6 , further comprising the step of, as the user enters the sports facility for the first time, combining the access privilege data, on the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ), and the control data, on the near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ), with one another and memorizing the combined access privilege data and the control data. 
   
   
       8 . The method as in  claim 7 , further comprising the step of reading the access privilege data, on the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ), and the control data, on the near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ), during each of the user's subsequent entries and testing to determine if the access privilege data and the control data match the combined access privilege data and the control data memorized upon first entry. 
   
   
       9 . The method as in  claim 6 , further comprising the step of dedication the control data, on the near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ), to be specific to one of the sports equipment and the data storage medium. 
   
   
       10 . The method as in  claim 6 , further comprising the step of using a non-contacting data storage medium as the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ) and using an antenna ( 3 ′) which, at the same time, forms an antenna for reading the near-ground data storage medium ( 6 ) as the reading means for reading the access privilege data from the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ). 
   
   
       11 . A method of controlling access to a sports facility, the method comprising the steps of:
 storing access privilege data on a user-carried non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 );   reading the access privilege data from the data storage medium ( 5 ) with a reading device ( 2 ), which is located at an entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility, upon initial entry of the user to the sports facility;   reading control data, with an antenna ( 3 ′,  8 ) which is located at the entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility near the ground, from at least one additional data storage medium ( 6 ) located on sports equipment of the user upon the initial entry of the user to the sports facility;   storing the access privilege data read by the reading device ( 2 ) and the control data read by the antenna ( 3 ′,  8 );   re-reading the access privilege data from the non-transferable data storage medium ( 5 ) with the reading device ( 2 ), which is located at the entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility, upon a subsequent entry of the user to the sports facility;   re-reading the control data from the at least one additional data storage medium ( 6 ), which is located near the ground on the user's sporting equipment, with the antenna ( 3 ′,  8 ), which is located at the entrance ( 1 ) to the sports facility, upon a subsequent entry of the user to the sports facility;   comparing the stored access privilege data and the stored control data with the re-read access privilege data and the re-read control data; and   preventing access to the sports facility through the entrance ( 1 ), if the re-read access privilege data and the re-read control data do not match the stored access privilege data and the stored control data, but permitting access to the sports facility, through the entrance ( 1 ), if the re-read access privilege data and the re-read control data matches the stored access privilege data and the stored control data.